Anti-theft steering wheel adapter device
CA 1231624 A · Owner: Grant Products, L.P. · Inventors: Proffitt, John P.
Overview
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The device includes an open topped housing the, bottom of which is interconnectable to a vehicle steering column through an adapter plate. A biasing plate is slideably supported in a horizontal position in the housing on a number of spaced vertical posts secured to a base plate in the housing. The biasing plate bears a number of spaced ridges extending up from the periphery thereof and defining peripheral recesses therebetween. A horizontal ring locking plate is fixed to the top of the posts above the biasing plate and bears spaced teeth defining a number of notches therebetween with the teeth partially overlying the biasing plate ridges. Coiled springs on the posts push up the locking …
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- Granted January 19, 1988. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 19, 2005.
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